Irish Theater Offers Showtimes for 'Particularly Vile' Brüno
At first listen, the voice recording greeting callers to the Diamond Cinema in the Irish town of Navan sounds like it could be work of Sacha Baron Cohen himself -- with its accompanying YouTube presentation providing a viral boost for Brüno's second week in theaters. But it's much more fun to picture a real, beleaguered theater owner on the other end of the line, nursing a beer in one hand and a phone in the other, handing out refunds while advising callers to please, please avoid the "vile" and "offensive" comedy playing just down the hall. Hear it after the jump.
Maybe Universal needs to get this guy the kids' version of the film? Or was it just the whole gay thing? Let's work this out -- as Ireland goes, so goes Europe. Or something.
· Bruno - cinema disclaimer - Navan, Ireland [YouTube via Hollywood Elsewhere]
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No. I'm Irish and so I can understand the nuances of his delivery better than most people not from the island. The man sounds very, very, very tired of people complaining about the movie. So, he is most definitely warning people up front. He is probably very pissed because he has had to hand out refunds. But given the nature of (semi) rural Ireland, I think the audiences have flocked to see it so that they can be shocked, shocked that there is gambling going on.